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TI-2010-00013 Aliases CVE-2010-0013GHSA-v6ph-x2c7-6g37

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in…

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.12496 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.8VulnerableAdium
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.4VulnerablePidgin
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0 – 11.2VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0VulnerableSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:*:*:-:*:*:*10 sp2VulnerableSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:*:*:-:*:*:*10 sp3VulnerableSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.8 Vulnerable ·Adium
  • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.4 Vulnerable ·Pidgin
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 – 11.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·SUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 10 sp2 Vulnerable ·SUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 10 sp3 Vulnerable ·SUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2010:0044 Released 2010-01-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    pidgin security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1, finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386, finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.ia64 +33
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) finch-2.6.5-1.el5, finch-2.6.5-1.el5.i386, libpurple-2.6.5-1.el5 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el5, finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386, libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el5 +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1, finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386, finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1 +15
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1, finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386, finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.ia64 +24
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) finch-2.6.5-1.el5, finch-2.6.5-1.el5.i386, finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el5 +15
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1, finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386, finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.ia64 +24

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2010:0044
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0044
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0044
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2010:0044
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2010:0044
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2010:0044
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2010:0044

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-0013
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v6ph-x2c7-6g37

References

Patch 2

Advisory 8

Other 10

Sources

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